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Nicolas Jaar, Hernan Sanchez, Striz at Smart Bar
Date / Friday, 25 November 2011
Time / 10:00pm - 4:00am
Venue / Smart Bar/ 3730 N. Clark St; Chicago, IL 60613; United States
Cost / $12 before midnight, $15 after midnight, $7 before midnight with text message special or valid student ID

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Nicolas Jaar was born in NY but quickly relocated to Santiago de Chile in the 90s only to come back to his birth place as a teenager. Now 21, studying at Brown University in Rhode Island, Nico has a full-length coming up on Circus Company, and various releases on his own label, Clown and Sunset (www.clownandsunset.com) of which he is the owner and founder.

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Philo1wrote
Thu, 08 Dec 2011Tracks like Mi Mujer, Bandido, the Beach, Russian Dolls, Disco Loco... are all danceable tempos. He could have built the set around movers like that with interludes using tracks like Marquises or Sunflowers but instead, it seemed he did the opposite. Plus, I really took issue with the way he used the mixer throughout the set. Regularly killing the low end sapped any energy the set had and made his tracks sound like they were coming through computer speakers.

It wasn't a matter of... More

qbotwrote
Mon, 28 Nov 2011Anyway, the winner that night was Hernan. It felt like the whole night was just building up to his set.

qbotwrote
Mon, 28 Nov 2011Have you never seen Jaar before? His sets are always sleepy. He plays extremely downtempo.

I think it's great, but it is always a little surprising to me how many people pack into the club for music that's generally not really danceable.

Philo1wrote
Sun, 27 Nov 2011I was sorely disappointed. Instead of a thumping sweatbox we got a DJ ill prepared to showcase his amazing productions in a live setting. The set was sleepy, never building momentum and wavering between danceable and lethargic BPM's at all the wrong moments.

Jaar's low-pass filter modulation cut the subs far too often, each time bringing the dancefloor to a halt right as it was gaining momentum. I can appreciate Jaar's work @ home or on headphones but felt letdown by his performance in... More

fpowermwrote
Thu, 24 Nov 2011i will expect nothing less than a thumpin' sweatbox

smartbarwrote
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